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Sunday, 13 April 2014

Sunday Spotlight - 13th April 2014

This week, I’ve been loving…

Scheduled Posts

Usually I write this post
on a Sunday morning, which is all well and good if I have the time to do it,
but what about those days when life gets taken up with other things? For
example, this Friday I went into hospital for an operation. I’m obviously not
well enough at the moment to be sitting at my computer writing posts, so I’m
pretty excited to have got my head around Blogger’s ability to schedule posts!
I’ve always known there’s a function that allows you to do this, but I’ve had
so much trouble trying to work out how to do it! Now that I’ve worked it out, I
realise how daft this sounds, but for ages I couldn’t work out why my posts
weren’t posting at the times I wanted them to. I then realised that I had set
it to completely the wrong time zone, which explained my posts going live at
strange hours of the day and night!

It’s a real lifesaver now,
as I can get a weeks worth of posts up and ready within the space of a single
morning, which leaves more time for getting on with everything else I’ve got to
do, including planning future posts!

Pamper Hamper

I think I’ve mentioned on
here before about my newfound hobby for entering competitions, and this week I’ve
received a few more wins through the post. It’s amazing how much winning
something can cheer you up! One of my favourite wins this week has got to be
this Pamper Hamper from Marks and Spencer won through Smint’s Twitter page. I
was so excited to unwrap it and see how beautifully put together it is. I can’t
wait to sit down with a glass of pink Cava after my operation (well, a few days
after!) and celebrate hopefully the start of feeling a bit better.

This Morning

As a general rule of thumb,
I hate daytime TV. I remember when I first became ill at 15 and had to spend a
great deal of time curled up on the sofa. For the first week or so it wasn’t
too bad (as far as being ill can be), as there were a few different programmes
to keep me entertained on TV. But soon I must have seen every episode of ‘Homes
Under the Hammer’ and they started repeating them again – it drove me mad!
Since I had this blip in my health I’ve tried to keep myself occupied with
other things, like blogging, although I do still have the TV on in the
background. That’s how I’ve discovered ‘This Morning,’ and I have to admit I
think I’m slightly addicted to it now! It’s usually presented by Holly
Willoughby and Philip Schofield, who make a fantastic double-act and are always
great to watch, as they seem to have a genuine friendship between them. There
are always interesting topics addressed on the programme, from mental and
physical health problems to health, beauty, fashion and jewellery. I’ve been
tuning in for the last couple of months, and so far I’m still enjoying every
episode. So, if you’re ever off work for whatever reason and have some time to
kill, I’d definitely recommend tuning into ITV1 at 10.30am for a bit of light
relief every weekday morning.

What has grabbed your attention this
week? I love hearing about people’s new discoveries and you may end up sharing
something that makes it onto my list next week!

2 comments:

Philip Schofield never fails to make me smile! He just has this character about him, that's so optimistic and cheery - so light-hearted and friendly! Congrats on that win, looks absolutely amazing and I hope you enjoy it, you deserve it!

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to Ramblings of a Jaffa Cat! My name is Jenny, I'm 28 and live in Hampshire. I'm a huge fan of Disney, tea and The Simpsons. I love to talk about fashion, beauty, skincare and also raise awareness of mental and physical health problems. Contact me at jaffacat44@gmail.com